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Boston Edison Power Station

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built a portion of this building, at first to provide power to the surrounding neighborhood. It was built next to a carbarn and power station of the local streetcar line. It was enlarged twice, in 1910 and 1913, each time stylistically sympathetic to the original design of Bigelow and Wadsworth.
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With the later additions, the company took over the provision of power to the streetcar system. It an important historical component in the early period of the city's electrification, and a rare surviving example of that period's industrial architecture.
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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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The Boston Edison Power Station stands on the south side of Homer Street, just west of the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts
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in 1990. It presently serves as a power distribution hub.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Boston Edison Power Station is located in Massachusetts
Boston Edison Power Station is located in the United States
Newton, Massachusetts
42°20′11″N 71°12′37″W / 42.33639°N 71.21028°W / 42.33639; -71.21028
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Newton, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places
Newton Free Library
Newton City Hall and War Memorial
Edison Electrical Illuminating Company
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts


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